Altia today announces that Altia DeepScreen-generated graphics code is running on QNX® SDP 8.0. This combination of industry-standard solutions enables embedded software designers to develop safe, secure and reliable graphical user interfaces that deliver pixel-perfect graphics and optimized performance on a variety of production-grade hardware.
QNX SDP 8.0 is a platform for building high-performance, safety-critical and secure embedded systems. It features a modern microkernel-based operating system designed to fully leverage advanced multi-core processors and future silicon technologies. To meet the demands of next-generation systems, it is crucial to scale workloads and take full advantage of modern hardware with increasing CPU core counts. QNX SDP 8.0 delivers near-linear scalability as cores are added, enabling customers to efficiently expand workloads across any System-on-Chip.
“Altia is a natural fit for ever-evolving offerings from QNX, making it easier and more efficient for developers to build high-performance, safety-critical user interfaces,” stated Jason Williamson, Vice President of Marketing for Altia. “Together, we’re enabling automotive manufacturers to deliver next-generation embedded experiences—complete with sophisticated 3D graphics, multiple displays and an ultra-intuitive user experience.”
Altia’s tools are built with safety and security in mind. They support key industry standards like ISO 26262 and ASPICE, which are essential for automotive and other safety-focused applications. Also aligning with ISO 21434, Altia helps developers build GUIs that are secure and ready for today’s connected systems.
As systems get more complex, many teams are combining Android for rich, interactive displays alongside OSes like QNX for the parts of the system that need to be rock-solid and safe. Altia makes this easier by offering one tool to design and deploy GUI elements across both platforms. This saves time, keeps the user experience consistent and supports the achievement of safety and security requirements.
Altia also scales well across hardware. Altia DeepScreen generates optimized code that supports a vast array of target hardware. As product requirements evolve or hardware availability shifts, Altia enables developers to reuse their existing GUI assets and retarget them to new platforms with minimal rework, preserving design integrity and accelerating time to market.
“Altia and QNX SDP 8.0 are a powerful combination of solutions building mission-critical systems,” said Michael Hill, Vice President of Engineering at Altia. “Our customers can now leverage the performance and safety of QNX 8.0 alongside Altia’s scalable, safety-certified GUI development tools—enabling them to future-proof their GUI development programs, delivering beautiful, functional and safe user interfaces for years to come.”
About Altia
Altia is a software company that provides graphical user interface design and development tools that can be used from concept to final production code. Our GUI editor, Altia Design, offers development teams the capability to implement a model-based development process enabling clear team communication and accelerated user interface development. Our code generator, Altia DeepScreen, supports a vast range of low- to high-powered processors from a variety of industry-leading silicon providers. Altia generates pure C source code that is optimized to take full advantage of hardware resources. Graphics code generated by Altia is driving millions of displays worldwide – from automotive instrument clusters, HUDs and radios to thermostats, washing machines and medical devices.
Our mission is to get the best automotive, medical and consumer interfaces into production in the shortest time on the lowest cost hardware.
Altia was founded in 1991. Its customers include automotive OEMs and Tier 1s like Continental Automotive, Denso, Stellantis, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Renault, Valeo, Visteon and more – plus leading consumer device manufacturers like Electrolux, Whirlpool, Medtronic, NordicTrack and many others.
For more information about Altia, visit www.altia.com or email [email protected].